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W. A. SUTTON.

lSKATE. y No. 414,089. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM A. SUTTON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 414,089, dated October29, 1889.

Application filed August 7, 1889. Serial No. 320,050. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. SUTTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skat-es; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappert-ains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to ilnprovements in skates; and it consists of askate in which the runner and the sole and heel plates are cast in onepiece, having a forked heel-clamp in combination with the wellknownlever-and clamp mechanism, said hcelclamp passing over t-he rear portionof the runner below the heeLplate and then riveted together.

In the accompal'iying drawings, Figure l shows a side elevation of myimproved skate. Fig. 2 is a top view of the heeLclamp of the same. Fig.3 is a longitudinal section on line x Q2, and Fig. 4 a vertical sectionon line y ly, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a skate, the runner B, sole-plate O, andheel-plate I) of which are cast integral in one piece. E is afork-shaped heel-clamp, the bowshaped part of which has two/uprightspurs c, which, in connection-with the spur d of the heel-plate D, serveto hold the heel of the shoe on the heel-plate of the skate, and theShanks of which are provided at their terminating ends with eyes e', asshown in Fig. 2.

The fork-shaped heel-clamp E is passed over the rear portion b of therunner B and held in position by means of the supportingstuds b', castin one piece with the runner. The shanks of the clamp are then pressedtogether, so that the eyes e. of the same form one opening, as shown inFig. 3. Through this opening passes an ordinary rivet, by which theShanks of the heel-clamp are riveted together. By means of this rivet e2the well-known lever F is also riveted to the front end of theheel-clamp, consisting of the two shanks of the same. By anotherordinary rivet e3 the lever F is riveted to the flattened end of thescrewbolt F', connecting the soleclamps of the well-knownlever-and-clamp device for skates.

In the skates now in use the heeleplates are made separate from therunners and the heel clamp cast or stamped in one continuous piece, withan opening to pass over the rear portion of the runner from above. Theheelplate is then riveted to the runner to hold the heelclamp inposition below the heelplate. By my construction the heelplate can becast in one piece with the skate, as the shanks of my forkshapedheel-clamp are passed over the rear portion of the runner from behindand then riveted together, thereby dispensing with the riveting of theheelplate to the runner.

Havin g thus described my in vention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent# l. The combination, in a skate, of a forkedheel-clamp, the Shanks of which are passed over the rear portion of therunner and then riveted together, with a h eel-plate cast in one piecewith the runner and sole-plate, subH stantially as set forth 2. In askate, the combination of a forked heel-clamp, the shanks of which arepassed over the rear portion and then riveted together, with thelever-and-clamp device for the sole and heel plates, substantially asset forth.

3. The forked heel-clamp for skates, having shanks provided at theirterminating ends with eyes, substantially as set forth.

et. In a skate, the combination of the lever, riveted with an ordinaryrivet to the front end of the heel-clamp, and also riveted with anordinary rivet to the iiattened end of the screwAbolt connecting thesole-clamps, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM A. SUTTON.

Witnesses:

WM. I-I. DUECKER, ALFRED GINsBEEG.

